Original scientific paper

ANTHROPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NOVICE AND TRAINED VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Nenad Marelić ; Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Branka R. Matković ; Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Ljubomir Antekolović ; Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Abstract

Several studies investigated anthropological
characteristics of senior volleyball players, while young
players were studied rarely. The aim of this investigation
was to evaluate the anthropological profile of volleyball
players aged 15 to 18 years with special attention to
differences between novice players and those who were
involved in volleyball training for three or more years.
The sample consisted of 24 volleyball players from
AŠK Mladost, Zagreb, 12 of them novice and 12 who
were training three or more years. The examinees
underwent measurement of standard anthropometric
variables (body mass and height, percent of fat),
spirometry, spiroergometry, lower body muscular
strength and arm strength, and heart volumetry. Standard
statistical procedures were used to calculate descriptive
statistical parameters and t-test was used to analyze
differences between two groups.
The average body measures of young volleyball
players, as expected, greatly exceeded those reported for
nonathletic population of the same age in Croatia. On the
other hand, these measures were lower than in senior
volleyball players in Croatia or in the world. Their
functional abilities were on high level and similar to those
of elite players.
It can be concluded that the anthropological profile
of novice and trained volleyball players of the same age is
similar. But volleyball training after only three years made
some differences and they were present in body mass, leg
and body strength and heart volume.

Keywords

volleyball; anthropological profile

Hrčak ID:

57798

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/57798

Publication date:

1.7.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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